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College is so expensive! Everything about it – the classes, the boarding, the food, the text books, transportation if you don’t live on campus, parking fees if you do, the supplies, the program fees, laundry – all of it is just so costly. That said, here are several ways to help cut some of those costs.

For instance, you can use Freecycle.org to find dorm items like refrigerators, bedding, desks, etc. You can buy meal packages to cut food costs. Sometimes you can get discounts on classes for registering early. You can rent textbooks rather than purchasing them or you can rent out textbooks that you own. Let’s take a look at the latter two suggestions.

And when you rent from Campus Book Rentals – for each book rented, a donation is made to Operation Smile (an international children’s medical charity).

Don’t Sell Your Textbooks (if you own them)! Rent Them Out! Make Money!

That’s right – don’t sell your textbooks! Make money with the textbooks you already own in the RentBack program that Campus Book Rentals offers. Your textbooks will be rented out to other students with this program – putting money back in your pocket. You’ll make 2-4x’s the money renting out your textbooks instead of though buyback options. Sounds like a win-win, doesn’t it?

Have you ever rented textbooks, or rented your textbooks out, that you already owned? What was your experience – we’d love for you to share it with us.

I rented a lot of my books in college and it definitely saved me money. I can’t remember how I found out about renting text books but I’m sure glad I did because after my freshmen year I thought I was going to go broke and starve due to book costs.